The literature on the early twentieth-century composer and band leader, John Philip Sousa, has focused on the man himself, his wealth and role as a popular figure in society, the almost universal appeal of his marches, and the popularity of his band concerts. But what did the members of the band themselves think of this experience and what did other distinguished conductors think of the concerts they heard? This book, the result of an oral history, attempts to help illuminate these questions.

The Sousa Oral History Project

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Whitwell, Dr. David

Music

Whitwell Publishing

Whether used for personal reference or as a text for a class in the history of the wind band this book is the most comprehensive single-volume history of the wind band ever written. This volume draws on the author’s multi-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and follows the development of the wind band through the civic, court, church and military performances of the Ancient World through the nineteenth century.

A Concise History of the Wind Band

This book traces the history of music education from the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece and Rome to the modern era. The reader will see the most natural concepts of the ancient music education as it then passes through the Dark Ages when the Church made music a branch of mathematics and then through the Renaissance when formal music education meant only theoretical teaching. The search for how music communicates emotion during the Baroque Period began the path back toward teaching music rather than teaching about music.

Foundations of Music Education

Dabelstein, Craig

This book by Dr. David Whitwell is destined to be regarded as one of the most important works on the subject. It emphasizes the philosophic and aesthetic concepts of conducting and will cause ensemble directors to re-examine their ideas about the way they look at music making.

The Art of Musical Conducting

The Longy Club was a large chamber wind ensemble made up entirely of members of the Boston Symphony and founded by the principal oboist, Georges Longy. Longy and several of the other players had been students of the musicians of the famous Société de Musique de Chambre pour Instruments à Vent in Paris which had commissioned the well-known Petite Symphonie by Gounod. Repertoire lists--This book includes a complete repertoire list of both the Longy Club and the Société de Musique de Chambre pour Instruments à Vent. The numerous reviews of several Boston newspapers provide a fascinating view of musical taste in Boston during the first years of the 20th century.

The Longy Club: 1900-1917

The Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Before 1500 is the first volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. Whitwell’s meticulous scholarship reveals the continuous history of the wind ensemble, from its earliest roots to the nineteenth century — an unbroken tradition of wind music that music scholars have never been fully able to appreciate until now. This volume includes: [1] court wind music developing form crude ceremonial instruments into the real wind bands of the fifteenth century [2] the ancient tradition of civic wind music, centering on ‘watch’ duty and the gradual development of more aesthetic functions including real concerts [3] the complete prohibition of wind music in the early Christian church and its gradual acceptance into the service through the medieval church drama and the bands that accompanied nobles in their private church ceremonies. Updated with the inclusion of relevant iconography, this second edition belongs in music libraries and conservatoires around the world.

The History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble: The Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Before 1500

The Renaissance Wind Band and Wind Ensemble is the second volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. Whitwell’s meticulous scholarship reveals the continuous history of the wind ensemble, from its earliest roots to the nineteenth century — an unbroken tradition of wind music that music scholars have never been fully able to appreciate until now. This volume includes: • court wind music that left important bodies of literature, especially in France and England • larger civic wind bands, with extant literature, representing a climax in the devlopment of early civic wind bands • evidence of wind bands participating in the Catholic Mass and the Protestant Service • the music of Gabrieli and his contemporaries, a body of music important for its impact on the development of the Baroque wind band.

The History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble: The Renaissance Wind Band and Wind Ensemble

Whitwell Books

The Aesthetics of Music is a specialized field of Philosophy which studies fundamental questions. Regarding the mind, what is the role of the senses? What is the role of experience? What are the influences of pleasure and pain? Following the pioneer work of Aristotle, the most fundamental definition lies in the distinction between art music and entertainment music. But what is the role of the public? Everyone knows that the purpose of music is to communicate emotions. But does this purpose refer to the emotions of the composer, the performer or the listener? These are important questions relative to music and society. Virtually all early philosophers found the value of music education to lie in character development. What did they mean? This volume, the first of eight, reviews philosophical thought on the Aesthetics of Music from before Socrates through the Roman Empire.

Aesthetics of Music: Aesthetics of Music in Ancient Civilizations

Wagner was present for the birth of the modern conductor, living and working during the period when the idea of a conductor evolved from a man sitting at the first violin desk setting tempi to the present role of one who personifies the composer's ideas. Because Wagner was also working as a conductor during these transformational years, his letters and the newspaper articles he wrote are filled with a wide perspective of the world of the conductor. In this book we have pulled together his views on The Conductor as a Man, The Education of the Conductor, The Ethics of Conducting and The Art of Conducting. In addition the book contains much information about his own experiences with bands and the complete background of his compositions for band. Here the reader will find the full story of the Trauermusik, including the speech Wagner gave at the first performance, and the details of the performance of the Huldigungsmarsch at the ground-breaking ceremonies of the opera house at Bayreuth and the speech Wagner gave on that occasion.

Wagner on Bands

The Baroque Wind Band and Wind Ensemble is the third volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. Whitwell’s meticulous scholarship reveals the continuous history of the wind ensemble, from its earliest roots to the nineteenth century — an unbroken tradition of wind music that music scholars have never been fully able to appreciate until now. This volume includes: [1] the change of instrumentation from Renaissance consorts to the new modern instruments; [2] the Hautboisten band and its function as a bridge between the repertoire of Renaissance consorts and the repertoire of Harmoniemusik bands; [3] the transition of the concerto da camera of the Hautboisten repertoire to the Classic Period symphony and partita and the Hautboisten Ouverture to the Classic Period Divertimento; [4] the first modern appearance of military bands.

The History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble: The Baroque Wind Band and Wind Ensemble

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